Holder for handles of kitchen utensils.



No. 70l,305. Patented June 3, "902.

W. R. DAUGHTRY.

HOLDER FOR HANDLES 0F KITCHEN UTENSILS.

(Application filed Oct. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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\VILLIAM R. DAUGHTRY, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

HOLDER FOR HANDLES OF KITCHEN UTENSILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,305, dated June 3,1902.

Application filed October 5,1901. Serial No. 77,737. (No model.)

To all 1.077.077) it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. DAUGHTRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mont gomery, in the county of Montgomery and State ofAlabama, have invented a new and useful Holder for Handles of KitchenUtensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for handles of kitchen-utensils ordevices; and the object of the same is to provide asimple and effectivedevice for protecting the hand from contact with heated surfaces orhandles while lifting the latter and the pans or other devices to whichthey are attached from a heating medium or disposing said pans ordevices on the latter or when conveying such heated devices from onepoint to another or in operations where heated handles are frequentlygrasped, the improved device being strong and durable, always ready forimmediate use without adjustment, and comparatively inexpensive in thecost of manufacture.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvedhandle-holder shown applied. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the improvedholderin normal condition and ready for use. Fig. 3 is a transversevertical section of the holder as it appears in closed condition arounda handle. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a modification inthe construction.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

In both forms of the device shown the numerals 1 and 2 designateelongated semitubulargrip-se'ctions, preferably formed of heatnon-conducting material, such as wood, and having terminal guard-flanges3 at opposite ends. The sections 1 and 2 are first arranged with theirinner edges spaced apart from each other a suitable distance, theirinner surfaces having been first coated with an adhesive substarice- Acontinuous felt lining 4 is then firmly pressed into the interior orinner surfaces of the sections and substantially coincides with the endand side edges of the latter, the modified form of the device having oneedge extended beyond the adjacent edge of the one section and bentinwardly at an angle to provide a shield 5. By separating the sections 1and 2 the hinge therefor is formed by the felt lining 4, as at 6, andthe introduction or application of the said lining as stated disposesthe sections in the normal condition shown by Fig. 2, so that they willhave a natural tendency to open when grasped and applied to the handleof the utensil or other device. The guard-flanges at the ends of thesections prevent the hand of the operator or user from slipping beyondeither terminal of the holder, and it will be seen that when the holderis applied to a handle the felt and wood of which the device is composedwill prevent the hand of the user from being burned or injured bycontact at any point with the heated handle. The improved holder throughthe medium of the felt lining at is given a natural resiliency, so thatwhen the sections are released they will tend to'fly open, therebyalways maintaining the device in convenient condition for immediateapplication and without requiring an arrangement of the parts thereofprevious to use.

.When the sections 1 and 2 are drawn together around a handle, thehingeportion of theliningt is confined between the contiguous edges at oneside of the sections and the opposite free edges of the lining are heldbetween the opposite contiguous-edges of said sections, and the inclosedportion of the handle is thus prevented from heating the hand of theoperator or user by radiation.

The modified form of the holder shown by Fig. 4; is intended for useenlarge or small handles, and in the event that the handle engaged is ofsuch diametrical or cross-sectional extent as to force the sectionsapart when the latter are closed as much as possible the shield 5 willextend over the opening between the side edges of the sections at oneside of the holder, and thereby prevent the hand of the user from beingaffected by the heated and inclosed portion of the handle. It will alsobe seen that in both forms of the device the felt lining 4: acts as acushion and gives a firmer grasp on the handle engaged, as Well asserving in the capacity of a strong and durable hinge.

The preferred forms of the improved. de-

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vice have been shown and described; but it will be understood thatchanges in the form, proportions, dimensions, and minor details may beresorted to Without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. Adevice of the class described comprising two semitubnlarhandle-sections, and a lining of flexible material secured to the innerfaces of the tubular handle-sections and connecting the same to form 'ahinge-joint, said material being doubled and interposed between thesections at the said hinge-joint and possessingsnfficient resiliency toopen the I sections automatically when the said sections are free toopen, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture a holder for kitchen utensilscomprising two semitubular sections with an inner lining of fabricforming the hinge therefor and having one edge extended beyond thesections and deflected at an angle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. DAUGHTRY.

Witnesses:

Lows 13. FARLEY, D. F. HARRIS.

